Tongueless buckle



Feb. 18, 1930.

J. K. s'ncKuNG 1,747,401

TONGUELESS BUCKLE Filed May 16, 192,9

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Patented Feb. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES PAT FEN TONGUELESS BUCKLE Application filed May 16,

This invention relates to buckles and particularly to tongueless buckles.

The general object of the present invention is to provide a buckle particularly adapted to harness in which two straps or two ends of the same strap may be engaged with each other without the necessity of the straps or strap ends being perforated with holes for a tongue which acts to Weaken the strap.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is very simple, which may be easily made, which will provide a buckle having no projections over which a fly net or horses tail will catch and no billets for the lines to catch back of and which will not cause the undue wear of the leather.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of a buckle constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the structure shown in Figure 1 with the straps in place;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of a modified form of buckle;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Figure 5 is a like view to Figure 4: but showing the straps in place.

In Figure 1, I have illustrated a buckle comprising the frame 10 which is made of metal and having at one end a relatively large rectangular aperture 11. The other end of the plate or frame 10 is apertured as at 12, the aperture being rectangular and having a width equal to the width of the aperture 11. Adjacent the aperture 12, but disposed between this opening and the opening 11 is a rectangular aperture 13 which is less in width than the apertures 11 or 12. The apertures 11 and 13 define a cross bar 14 having upwardly projecting pointed studs 15.

The buckle shown in Figure 3, is of the same character as that shown in Figure 1 except that the cross bar 14 is depressed as at 14. This cross bar carries the upwardly projecting studs 15 previously described. The depressed portion of the cross bar is carried forward on each side of the opening 13 as at 16, this depressed portion 16 thus de- 1929. Serial N0. 363,693.

fining the ends of the opening 13. In the use of either one of these buckles, the strap A is passed up through the opening 11 over the cross bar 1% down through the opening 13, which has a width equal to the width of the strap. The strap Bis also passed up through the opening 11 and then over the upper bight of the strap A and down through the opening 12.

This strap section B thus holds the first named end of the strap section A down so that it cannot slip out and constitutes a certain hold on the strap.

In Figure 3, the strap is held not only by passing over the cross bar 14 and beneath the cross bar separating the apertures 12 and 13, but the end Walls 16' of the aperture 13 will hold the strap section A. By depressing or lowering the level of the cross bar 14 the strap A will press down firmly so that the strap B can come over it smoothly and make a neat looking job. This device will not catch on fly nets or horses tails, nor are there any billets for the lines to catch upon, nor any loops in order that it may be used on harness. It will create no friction on the leather of the harness and is particularly easy to adjust especially in cold weather as there is no buckle tongue to manipulate, nor is there any tongue to shear the leather off at the hold-fasts. I

The slot 13 is made rather narrower than the other slots in order to crowd the eX- tremity of the strap A in inserting it so that this will help in holding the strap and the end edges of this slot 13 as shown in Figure 3 are made narrow in order that the thin end edges are squeezed into the leather of the strap to permit it to hold much better.

I claim A buckle of the character described, comprising apair of side members arranged in substantially parallel relation, end members secured to the opposite ends of said side members, a. pair of spaced cross bars mounted at 9 opposite ends on said side members in spaced relation to each other and in spaced relation to the end members and a plurality of upelliptical in cross section and having the pointed edges thereof arranged in inclined position to said side members, said cross bars being substantially elliptical in cross section, one of said cross bars being arranged in substantially horizontal position with respect to, the side members and the other of said cross members being arranged in inclined V relation. to the side members, the arcuate por V signature.

tions of said end members and cross bars being adapted to engage a-belt ontlie 1=i=ke-f0r firm I 1y holding the belt therebetweenir i In testilrnon y whereof I hereuntoaflix'my JOHN KJsTIoKLINef 

